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In the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan last week, Taiwan's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.K.?

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In the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan last week, Taiwan's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.K. Yang, presented medals to three leading officials of the Ivory coast's Ministry of Agriculture.

Mr. Yang, who was on a week-long goodwill visit to the Ivory Coast presented the "Commander of the National Order of the Republic of China" to Lambert Konan, Joachim Porquet and N'koumo Mobio.

Before the medal presentation, the Taiwanese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke of the Growing relations between the two countries and the rapport that has been established between Taiwanese agricultural technicians and their counterparts in the Ivory Coast.

Mr. Yang leaves for Upper Volta on tuesday (June 19). Before leaving, he met with Ivory Coast's president Houphouet-Boigny.